Disappointment has
been on speed dial in Ellen Grayson's life lately. Her dad's dead, her mom is
numbing the grief with drugs and alcohol, and her so-called friends are slowly
abandoning her. Trusting a popular teacher with her troubles should have been safe,
shouldn't have led to an unwelcome seduction attempt, shouldn't have sent her
running to the girls' bathroom for the final moments of her Junior year. Lesson
learned. Best to keep all the sordid details of her life to herself.
Enter Rex Jacobi, a cocky teen recently transplanted from New York and fellow
summer camp employee. Though his quick wit and confidence draws her in, she's
not letting him get too close, not til she's sure she can trust him. By the
time Rex's charming persistence wears down her resistance, it's too late. He's
put Ellen on the perma-pal shelf and shifted his romantic attentions to her
arch-rival. Even worse, the teacher who tried to seduce her is still
misbehaving with impunity.
With her ability to trust as shaky as a chastity vow on prom night, Ellen must
decide if she has enough remaining courage to speak up about her teacher and
risk retribution, to tell Rex how she feels and risk heartbreak, or hold all
her secrets inside, the only safe place she knows.
About the Author
Iris St. Clair is the pen name for a long-suffering cubicle worker by day, a Walter Mitty-like dreamer by night. (Her alter ego Tatiana Ivanadance also choreographs gravity-defying routines in those fantasies, but that's another bio.)
No matter what genre she writes, she prefers witty, insecure heroines and kind, persistent heroes able to break through to the gooey heart inside.
In high school she was voted most likely to win at Monopoly and Clue, but least likely to throw a ball anywhere near a target. Thank goodness writing requires less hand-eye coordination, punctuation errors notwithstanding.
Iris believes in the two-year "fish or cut bait" dating rule and has a 20+ year marriage and two teenaged sons as proof of concept. She lives, writes, dreams and dances in the rainy Portland, OR area.
2 comments:
is it bad that just the last name Grayson makes me want to read this book? My favorite character ever is named Richard Grayson. I have a problem.
Thanks so much for helping with my cover reveal, Jessica!
And Karen, are you talking about Dick Grayson as in Robin, the boy wonder? I think that's a pretty cool association. Never occurred to me, but I like it! :)
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